Manitoba 'repatriating' some hydro exports from U.S., premie
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:42 amManitoba 'repatriating' some hydro exports from U.S., premier says
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2 American contracts totalling 500 megawatts set to expire anyway, Hydro says
CBC News ยท April 14, 2025
EXCERPT: "Premier Wab Kinew said he has ordered Manitoba Hydro not to renew 500 megawatts worth of expiring hydroelectricity export contracts to the United States.
The provincial Crown corporation, however, said it had no plans to renew the contracts, which are slated to expire at the end of the month.
Kinew held a press conference Monday to announce Manitoba is "repatriating" two contracts with Northern States Power as trade tensions with the U.S. drag on, he said. . . . . "
"We saw that there's 500 [megawatts] of export contracts that are expiring at the end of the month, and so we've decided as Canadians and as Manitobans [that] we are going to use that power to build up our own economy here at home," he said at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
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2 American contracts totalling 500 megawatts set to expire anyway, Hydro says
CBC News ยท April 14, 2025
EXCERPT: "Premier Wab Kinew said he has ordered Manitoba Hydro not to renew 500 megawatts worth of expiring hydroelectricity export contracts to the United States.
The provincial Crown corporation, however, said it had no plans to renew the contracts, which are slated to expire at the end of the month.
Kinew held a press conference Monday to announce Manitoba is "repatriating" two contracts with Northern States Power as trade tensions with the U.S. drag on, he said. . . . . "
"We saw that there's 500 [megawatts] of export contracts that are expiring at the end of the month, and so we've decided as Canadians and as Manitobans [that] we are going to use that power to build up our own economy here at home," he said at the Manitoba Legislative Building.
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